Spanish RAC band Brigada 1238 have released their new cd Sangre Guerrera. Contact- brigada_1238@hotmail.com
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Brigada 1238- Sangre Guerrera
Spanish RAC band Brigada 1238 have released their new cd Sangre Guerrera. Contact- brigada_1238@hotmail.com
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Westwall- On My Shield
From the frozen North comes the Musical War Machine known as Westwall. Delivering bone-crushing riffs on their 3rd Crusade!!! This album captures the very essence of battle all delivered with razor sharp precision. Info here
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Carpe Diem - No Grass Grows On The Gallows
The long-awaited album of Carpe Diem is finally released on Racords! This cd is 13 political and socially critical tracks. Racords is also offering a special while ordering.
They are giving away 6 copies of the "Never on my knees" LP from the Hunters conspiracy! The album was released in 2006 and within days was sold out for years. It is now a hotly sought-after collectible. In the course of their searches they have found several copies.
The 1 winner receives all 3 variations!
The 2nd get the clear version.
The 3rd Picture called the variant his own.
The 4th wins the variation in red.
Ken & Barny/ Saw Cross Lanes
OPOS Records has recently released the Ken McLellan & Barny- Carved In Stone cd. This is a 12 track (mostly rock ballads) cd. 10 tracks feature Ken on vocals and 2 bonus tracks with Barny`s vocals. Mp3 samples can be heard on their site here
Due out soon on OPOS is the debut from German metalcore band Saw Cross Lanes which features female vocals
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Straightline Interview
Below is an interview with Straightline from Greece. The following interview was originally conducted by a zine in Canada. You can visit the Straightline website here
Straightline is a pretty recent project if I understand well. Could you please give us an overview of how the project came about?
Yes, of course. At first we would like to salute all readers of your zine and thank you for this small discussion. We formed the band before a year and a half in Central Greece. We started practice so to make tracks that would represent our politically incorrect point of view as far as many themes of our everyday life concerned. In our country the scene is small and has to face many difficulties and problems so we had the belief that Straightline would give something new and special, both in the scene and the listeners of this kind of music. At our beginning we were three persons, (Kostas - vocals and drums, Dimitris - guitars, Makis - bass). With this line up we made several songs and participated in our first live gig in October 2009 at Skinhouse Hellas with Short Cropped. After some concerts in local events we tried to change the forming of the band, so a friend and comrade of us, Sotos, entered to cover the drums' section. This is our current line up and with this one we played good gigs with bands like Kommando Skin and Brutal Attacka and recently we have released our forst full length album, "Act for a new generation".
You`ve had the chance to play with Brutal Attack! How is it to play with such a legend?
It is a great chance to share the same stage with a band like Brutal Attack. Your mind passes through all the history and the glorious past of our music, the early years, the present, the future... We talk about a band with 30 years of presence, not only as musicians, but as a political attitude. All guys were very energetic, polite, happy to visit our country and they left the stage with the best of impressions. Straightline gained experience from all this and we hope that we can meet each other somehow somewhere in the future.
What type of music do you play? What is your style? For someone who’s never heard Straightline, what song would you recommend?
Our basis is Oi!/RAC but we think that we mix several types of music, in our music you can find many modern rock themes and we also use few metal tips too. We do not matter if you call it Oi! or something else, it is like an expression of four different people who share the same ideas and the same way of life. If anyone would like to hear the band, we could recommend some songs from our myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/straightlinehellas) and others from the cd like Time to bleed, Bring back your life, Europe song, Alive etc. Every track is different, every sound and word represents the point of the view of ours.
I think you guys started a CD for the POWs, how did that go, and why?
Well, the cd "Freedom" has been released from last May through the label S-Crew Records as an effort to spread the message of solidarity to 44 Nationalists in Greece, who were accused for their ideas. In fact, freedom is a word that cannot stand only for Hellenic comrades but for everyone who suffers from the democratic system. We had a good network of distribution, at about 600 copies are sold till now in Greece and abroad and we kept some money for comrades that could not pay the expenses of their trials etc. The point is to make whatever we can to show our solidarity and music is something like a weapon to this cause.
Beside Straitghline, what is in your opinion the greatest Greek RAC band?
You can hear different opinions from us about the best Greek band. The most well known is for sure Iron Youth, the famous NS metalcore group from Athens, with great influence to the scene. Other favourite bands, except the ones we participate in, are Boiling Blood, No Surrender, Cause of Honour etc.
Do you guys support any specific organization?
No, we count ourselves in the free forces of Autonomous Nationalists, but we have respect and support many local nationalist groups. We are also proud members of the Hellenic Skinhouse, our musical and political events' hall.
What is "Hellas Skinhouse Crew"?
Skinhouse Crew is a group of Nationalists who are gathered to spread the message of their thoughts and beliefs through political music. But Skinhouse Hellas is not only that. In fact, we try to generate a new way of life by sharing our ideas through different ways. We form political groups, smaller groups, joining several activities, making different kinds of events, supporting young patriots and nationalists, participating in alternative efforts like online radios, demonstrations, small marches etc. The fight goes on for us forever...
How is the skinhead scene in Greece?
As we mentioned before, there are some good bands and all people try to do their best to improve the scene. The majority of the bands appeared the last 7 years so we made some good steps these years but there are many things to see for the future. Now, there is a standard place for concerts, there are also many young comrades who support music and there is good distribution net too. However, we cannot stop here. We must work on our adaptability of our lyrics and our music, because times are changing and we cannot be the last in line but the first to attract young people. So, musicians here have to keep in mind that it is very important to make a whole evolution on our way of expression to other people through music and this is not funny or something easy to do in one day. At first, it is about our way of thinking...
What part of Greek history is the most inspiring to you guys?
For sure archaic and classical period of our ancient past, but modern history could also give us food for thought about the situation nowadays.
Where do you see Straigthline in 10 years?
Hmmm, we hope that we will make good releases that will influence young people, and who knows, maybe we can help more the Hellenic scene to improve its profile and effectiveness too.
And what are your future projects?
We now try to promote our new release, you can order it through this email: screwrecords@yahoo.gr or through many good labels in Europe and around the world. We plan to make new music and to keep on with the live gigs, actually there are some new ideas as far as some lyrics concerned.
Anything else to add?
Just to thank you again for your interest! Stay true, stand proud of your beliefs!
Respect,
Straightline, Hellas
Best regards,
Screw Records Hellas
Straightline is a pretty recent project if I understand well. Could you please give us an overview of how the project came about?
Yes, of course. At first we would like to salute all readers of your zine and thank you for this small discussion. We formed the band before a year and a half in Central Greece. We started practice so to make tracks that would represent our politically incorrect point of view as far as many themes of our everyday life concerned. In our country the scene is small and has to face many difficulties and problems so we had the belief that Straightline would give something new and special, both in the scene and the listeners of this kind of music. At our beginning we were three persons, (Kostas - vocals and drums, Dimitris - guitars, Makis - bass). With this line up we made several songs and participated in our first live gig in October 2009 at Skinhouse Hellas with Short Cropped. After some concerts in local events we tried to change the forming of the band, so a friend and comrade of us, Sotos, entered to cover the drums' section. This is our current line up and with this one we played good gigs with bands like Kommando Skin and Brutal Attacka and recently we have released our forst full length album, "Act for a new generation".
You`ve had the chance to play with Brutal Attack! How is it to play with such a legend?
It is a great chance to share the same stage with a band like Brutal Attack. Your mind passes through all the history and the glorious past of our music, the early years, the present, the future... We talk about a band with 30 years of presence, not only as musicians, but as a political attitude. All guys were very energetic, polite, happy to visit our country and they left the stage with the best of impressions. Straightline gained experience from all this and we hope that we can meet each other somehow somewhere in the future.
What type of music do you play? What is your style? For someone who’s never heard Straightline, what song would you recommend?
Our basis is Oi!/RAC but we think that we mix several types of music, in our music you can find many modern rock themes and we also use few metal tips too. We do not matter if you call it Oi! or something else, it is like an expression of four different people who share the same ideas and the same way of life. If anyone would like to hear the band, we could recommend some songs from our myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/straightlinehellas) and others from the cd like Time to bleed, Bring back your life, Europe song, Alive etc. Every track is different, every sound and word represents the point of the view of ours.
I think you guys started a CD for the POWs, how did that go, and why?
Well, the cd "Freedom" has been released from last May through the label S-Crew Records as an effort to spread the message of solidarity to 44 Nationalists in Greece, who were accused for their ideas. In fact, freedom is a word that cannot stand only for Hellenic comrades but for everyone who suffers from the democratic system. We had a good network of distribution, at about 600 copies are sold till now in Greece and abroad and we kept some money for comrades that could not pay the expenses of their trials etc. The point is to make whatever we can to show our solidarity and music is something like a weapon to this cause.
Beside Straitghline, what is in your opinion the greatest Greek RAC band?
You can hear different opinions from us about the best Greek band. The most well known is for sure Iron Youth, the famous NS metalcore group from Athens, with great influence to the scene. Other favourite bands, except the ones we participate in, are Boiling Blood, No Surrender, Cause of Honour etc.
Do you guys support any specific organization?
No, we count ourselves in the free forces of Autonomous Nationalists, but we have respect and support many local nationalist groups. We are also proud members of the Hellenic Skinhouse, our musical and political events' hall.
What is "Hellas Skinhouse Crew"?
Skinhouse Crew is a group of Nationalists who are gathered to spread the message of their thoughts and beliefs through political music. But Skinhouse Hellas is not only that. In fact, we try to generate a new way of life by sharing our ideas through different ways. We form political groups, smaller groups, joining several activities, making different kinds of events, supporting young patriots and nationalists, participating in alternative efforts like online radios, demonstrations, small marches etc. The fight goes on for us forever...
How is the skinhead scene in Greece?
As we mentioned before, there are some good bands and all people try to do their best to improve the scene. The majority of the bands appeared the last 7 years so we made some good steps these years but there are many things to see for the future. Now, there is a standard place for concerts, there are also many young comrades who support music and there is good distribution net too. However, we cannot stop here. We must work on our adaptability of our lyrics and our music, because times are changing and we cannot be the last in line but the first to attract young people. So, musicians here have to keep in mind that it is very important to make a whole evolution on our way of expression to other people through music and this is not funny or something easy to do in one day. At first, it is about our way of thinking...
What part of Greek history is the most inspiring to you guys?
For sure archaic and classical period of our ancient past, but modern history could also give us food for thought about the situation nowadays.
Where do you see Straigthline in 10 years?
Hmmm, we hope that we will make good releases that will influence young people, and who knows, maybe we can help more the Hellenic scene to improve its profile and effectiveness too.
And what are your future projects?
We now try to promote our new release, you can order it through this email: screwrecords@yahoo.gr or through many good labels in Europe and around the world. We plan to make new music and to keep on with the live gigs, actually there are some new ideas as far as some lyrics concerned.
Anything else to add?
Just to thank you again for your interest! Stay true, stand proud of your beliefs!
Respect,
Straightline, Hellas
Best regards,
Screw Records Hellas
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Egységben az erő vol. 2
Three way Hungarian split cd out now on BHS ServicesTrack List
Kitörés
01. Egységben az erő
02. Duna
03. Jövőkép
04. Multikulti
05. Csípd nyakon (Landser cover)
06. Kitörés
Onogur
07. Árpád vére
08. Szép új világ
09. A megtorlás hangjai
10. Áldemokrácia
11. Táltosének
12. Zuhanj te bombázó! (Tizedes meg a többiek cover)
Utolsó Védvonal
13. Hóhérunk lettél
14. A pénz rabjai
15. Lehull az átok
16. Szabadságharcos
17. Felvirrad
18. A történelem megy tovább (Division Germania cover)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Dramatic Battle Interview 2011
Below is an interview with Spain`s Dramatic Battle. The following interview was originally conducted by a zine in Canada.
1. Could you just tell us about the history and the line up of Dramatic Battle?
The band was formed about 2000 or so playing a classic blend of Oi!/ RAC in the vein of bands such as Skrewdriver, Combat 84, English Rose, Freikorps, Endstufe, etc... At first there was only one member and he recorded a low-quality demo-CD entitled "Violencia Nocturna" (Nocturnal Violence) playing all the instruments; some time later the band got a regular line-up and recorded the mini-CD "Terroristas" including 4 tracks which became very well-known over the Spanish nationalist scene; later the band recorded a 2-way split together with Depresion (Spanish Streetpunk band) which got them a bit better known abroad. About two years ago, the band recorded a 4 track mini-CD called "La vida en un pacifico nuevo mundo..." (Life in a new pacific world... ironically making fun from a Jehovah Witnesses pamphlet) under the name of DB (to avoid hate laws here); the 4 songs included have become anthems (you can believe me) among Spanish nationalists since the lyrics are more direct and deal with social/political problems with tons of irony and humour. Again, the band suffered new line-up changes, and started to play in a regular basis all around Spain. Recently, it was released a CD with 4 new songs which also includes the 4 previous ones of the last mini-CD...
Being honest, the band started as an unpolitical patriotic Oi! band, but later on the original member and founder took the right path towards nationalism. He was into patriotism but not in a strictly political point of view... He was fed up with left-wing infiltration into Oi! scene and the numerous self-proclaimed Oi!-Skinhead bands formed by sharpies and redskins and his views about immigration, crime, national identity or patriotism were not well received by those liberals and left-wingers… He also drawed influences mainly from patriotic Oi! and RAC bands and that’s was not politically correct for unpolitical skinheads. He really didn’t change his heart but took a determination and choose a side since it was nearly impossible to sit on the fence and watch things pass by. I guess it’s pretty similar with the situation of bands such as The Unruly, Hated & Proud, Empire Falls...
Line-up:
D. Battle - lead guitar, lead vocals. Twenty-odd. Fitter.
R. Battle - rhythm guitar. Twenty-odd. Tattooist.
J. Battle - bass guitar. Thirty-odd. Computer stuff.
J. Battle - drums. Twenty-odd. Government employee.
2.When you talk of Dramatic Battle, which battle are you talking about?
Since the beginning, the founder of the band wanted an epic name, a strong and real name. In his eyes, life of a young working class Spanish man is a fucking dramatic battle full of trouble, abuse, injustice,... if you have love for your country and think about the situation you’re in, you realize everything’s getting worse and there’s no return. Our greedy Government doesn’t care about the national working class and our land itself. Capitalism set the rules.
About the fact of having a name in English is quite simple, skinhead culture is so influenced by its mother language and so we thought the name of the band would fit better in English.
3. If our readers could only listen to one of your songs to judge your band, which one would you recommend?
Well, I would say "El fin del paraiso" or maybe "En las calles", "Ibero y Brutal"... let them judge by themselves.
4. What are the topics discussed in your lyrics?
Well, basically about social problems, the hard life of a young Spanish man in this corrupt and immoral society, the skinhead way of life (or what’s left of it!), patriotism/nationalism, our cultural identity, our rejection towards "democratic" politicians... and don’t forget irony and sense of humour!!
5. What are your musical influences? Which one is your favorite skinhead band? Which is the best skinhead song?
Mainly European classic Oi! and RAC. About the bands, they’re too many to mention all of them here… An example: old Skrewdriver, Brutal Combat, Skinkorps, Evil Skins, Komintern Sect, Camera Silens, Close Shave, English Rose, Razors Edge, Combat 84, Indecent Exposure, Endstufe , Störkraft, K.D.F, Freikorps, Holsteiner Jungs, old Böhse Onkelz, Peggior Amico, Plastic Surgery, Nabat, Hope & Glory, ZZA, Malnatt, Max Resist, Intimidation One, Blue Max, Kommando Skin, Blue Max, Malnatt, Ultima Frontiera, Hassgesang, Legion of St. George, TMF, Troublemakers, Frei.Wild, Civico 88, Orlik, Kratky Proces...
Favourite skinhead band? Hard to say... Everyone in the band has his own point view but I guess Skrewdriver, Endstufe and old Böhse Onkelz are on the top.
About the best skinhead song... too many to mention only one. I especially enjoy Endstufe’s "In die eier", Combat 84’s "Rapist", Skrewdriver’s "Boots & Braces" or "Voice of Britain", Plastic Surgery’s "Rivolta"...
6. Have you had the chance to do many live performances so far? Which one was your favourite?
Til the moment we have played with bands such as Estirpe Imperial (Spain), Brutal Attack (GB), Zetazeroalfa (Italy), Brigada 1238 (Spain), Mas Que Palabras (Spain), Retaguardia (Spain), Territorio Salduba (Spain), Brigada 1238 (Spain), Frakass (France), Kill Baby Kill (Belgium), Blue Max (Germany), Aufbruch (Germany), Non Plus Ultra (Germany), Guarda de Honra (Portugal), Hobbit (Italy), Delendha Cartago (Italy), Testudo (Italy), Kriminal Tango (Italy), Gesta Bellica (Italy), Malnatt (Italy), Hate For Breakfast (Italy), Legittima Offesa (Italy), Post Mortem (Spain)...
A funny incident was when the band (I was not in the line-up) was asked to play in Switzerland with Italian non-political band Prima Linea and some others some years ago... It was a huge concert including many different bands from Punk to Oi! The fact is that the band showed up (heavily drunk by the way...) and after some songs they suddenly started to play Skrewdriver’s "Boots & Braces" and some people from public complained and whined. The organizer and singer from Prima Linea told them not to play that song and the band decided to leave the place... I've got to say that they played with a Spanish flag including a double-headed eagle (a clear nationalist symbol)... The truth is that they really pissed-off many people there!
We really enjoyed the one we played together with Estirpe Imperial in Barcelona in an infamous bikers’ clubhouse, it was a private one to honor a friend… The one with Kill Baby Kill was funny too since it was held in a ruined warehouse with half-roof (a private gig too); KBK were really shocked about it, you know, it was a bit strange!!
The biggest gig we played was in Madrid honoring Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (founder of the 1st Spanish NR party, JONS) together with Territorio Salduba, Brigada 1238 and Zetazeroalfa (during their European tour; check out their DVD): there were about 500 people and we really had a good time…
7. In North America, most of the immigration comes from Africa and the middle East. What is your immigration like?
Well, due to the America discovering and conquering patronized by Spanish Catholic Kings most South American countries speak Spanish (or something similar!) and still keep a bit of Spanish traditions and culture... So, the majority of immigrants here come from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, also many people from Argentina (many of them from Spanish and Italian backgrounds so they are very close to our culture)... anyway, though they speak Spanish and got remains of our culture there are many differences in their way of life and how they behave here, so there are incidents and confrontations due to their lack of education and alcohol ... We’ve got a strong Moroccan immigration which everybody dislike due to its involvement in crime and riots (especially drug-dealing, robbery, rapes...), but there are more of them every day. Also tons of Romanians who right now belong to European Community and aren’t considered immigrants any longer, some of them are involved in crimes too... There are many European citizens living here but we share the same culture and traditions (even religion, for those interested in that issue) and the don’t use to cause any trouble.
We’ve got many Chinese people too into convenience stores... though they don’t use to cause troubles the economic impact on Spanish society is hard since the money they earn here flies to China and doesn’t circulate here any more which result in economic losses. There is a Chinese Mafia which controls them and their activities but police only arrest some of them to keep things on a low profile.
Authorities claim there is no relation between crime and immigration, but the truth is that the majority of people who got into prison these last years are non-European immigrants...
8. What do you know of Canada’s nationalist movements/bands?
Well, we know some organizations (I guess most of them are defunct now) such as the Heritage Front (including former leader George Burdi), Canada First, Canadian Heritage Alliance, Canadian National Front, Blood & Honour, Aryan Guard (but we heard they're just a bunch of Hollywood nazis...) and also the Quebec nationalism (Nouvelle France) and its identity fight against the British supremacy. Being honest, we only know that Quebec people tried to preserve their Catholic religion and culture from British Empire occupation and that there was a short war but finally they were able to keep their identity from absorption...
We know many bands from Oi!-Punk-HC (including the legendary band Gassenhauer -and their song "Drunken Skinhead"-, DOA, SNFU, Vacant Lot -with Griffin who later formed Aryan-, Bitter Grin -I really liked this band-, HammerBoiz, Emergency, The Class Assassins, Jenny Woo -even though she look like a sort of "skingirl popstar"-, Lager Lads, Subway Thugs, Rabblerousers, 12 Pointbuck, The New Breed, Glory Stompers, Sons of Pride, Coup de Masse, Bootprint, Section de Guerre, Legitime Violence... to RAC/Identity Rock (Cross -a very good band-, Rahowa -their 2nd album was great even though it had nothing to do with Oi! or RAC-, Aryan, Stonehammer, Involved Patriots, Vinland Warriors, the great Trouble Makers -one of my fave groups! I consider them a RAC band-, Dernier Guerriere, Prison Bound, Fleurdelix et les affreux Gaulois...).
We also know some Quebec sharp/left wing/commie bands such as The Prowlers, Impact, Street Troopers, Jeunesse Apatride (and its ugly fat singer!), Esclaves Salaries, Shock Troops... but we’re not interested in these scumbags. It’s funny to see most of them wearing such expensive clothes and tattoos and then singing about antiglobalisation, anticapitalism, working class, etc...
9. What does White Pride mean to you guys?
Nothing to do with hate, it means a matter of pride and love for your identity, tradition, culture… nothing more and nothing less. If everyone can be proud of their roots and forefathers or their particular way of life (Black pride, Mexican Brown pride, Gay pride...), why can’t we be proud of what we are?? We’re not racist but proud of being white, a sort of "pride without prejudice" motto... we can be proud of our nation and culture without hating anybody else. We only want to preserve what our forefathers left us and don’t want to be absorbed and diluted into globalization.
10. And what are your future projects?
Play more gigs... Record anything if we can... Meet some nice people around... Have a good time...
11. Anything else to add?
Thanks a lot for the interest in our band... It would be really good to visit Canada and especially Quebec if we can. Maybe one day, who knows?
Take care and keep the good work.
1. Could you just tell us about the history and the line up of Dramatic Battle?
The band was formed about 2000 or so playing a classic blend of Oi!/ RAC in the vein of bands such as Skrewdriver, Combat 84, English Rose, Freikorps, Endstufe, etc... At first there was only one member and he recorded a low-quality demo-CD entitled "Violencia Nocturna" (Nocturnal Violence) playing all the instruments; some time later the band got a regular line-up and recorded the mini-CD "Terroristas" including 4 tracks which became very well-known over the Spanish nationalist scene; later the band recorded a 2-way split together with Depresion (Spanish Streetpunk band) which got them a bit better known abroad. About two years ago, the band recorded a 4 track mini-CD called "La vida en un pacifico nuevo mundo..." (Life in a new pacific world... ironically making fun from a Jehovah Witnesses pamphlet) under the name of DB (to avoid hate laws here); the 4 songs included have become anthems (you can believe me) among Spanish nationalists since the lyrics are more direct and deal with social/political problems with tons of irony and humour. Again, the band suffered new line-up changes, and started to play in a regular basis all around Spain. Recently, it was released a CD with 4 new songs which also includes the 4 previous ones of the last mini-CD...
Being honest, the band started as an unpolitical patriotic Oi! band, but later on the original member and founder took the right path towards nationalism. He was into patriotism but not in a strictly political point of view... He was fed up with left-wing infiltration into Oi! scene and the numerous self-proclaimed Oi!-Skinhead bands formed by sharpies and redskins and his views about immigration, crime, national identity or patriotism were not well received by those liberals and left-wingers… He also drawed influences mainly from patriotic Oi! and RAC bands and that’s was not politically correct for unpolitical skinheads. He really didn’t change his heart but took a determination and choose a side since it was nearly impossible to sit on the fence and watch things pass by. I guess it’s pretty similar with the situation of bands such as The Unruly, Hated & Proud, Empire Falls...
Line-up:
D. Battle - lead guitar, lead vocals. Twenty-odd. Fitter.
R. Battle - rhythm guitar. Twenty-odd. Tattooist.
J. Battle - bass guitar. Thirty-odd. Computer stuff.
J. Battle - drums. Twenty-odd. Government employee.
2.When you talk of Dramatic Battle, which battle are you talking about?
Since the beginning, the founder of the band wanted an epic name, a strong and real name. In his eyes, life of a young working class Spanish man is a fucking dramatic battle full of trouble, abuse, injustice,... if you have love for your country and think about the situation you’re in, you realize everything’s getting worse and there’s no return. Our greedy Government doesn’t care about the national working class and our land itself. Capitalism set the rules.
About the fact of having a name in English is quite simple, skinhead culture is so influenced by its mother language and so we thought the name of the band would fit better in English.
3. If our readers could only listen to one of your songs to judge your band, which one would you recommend?
Well, I would say "El fin del paraiso" or maybe "En las calles", "Ibero y Brutal"... let them judge by themselves.
4. What are the topics discussed in your lyrics?
Well, basically about social problems, the hard life of a young Spanish man in this corrupt and immoral society, the skinhead way of life (or what’s left of it!), patriotism/nationalism, our cultural identity, our rejection towards "democratic" politicians... and don’t forget irony and sense of humour!!
5. What are your musical influences? Which one is your favorite skinhead band? Which is the best skinhead song?
Mainly European classic Oi! and RAC. About the bands, they’re too many to mention all of them here… An example: old Skrewdriver, Brutal Combat, Skinkorps, Evil Skins, Komintern Sect, Camera Silens, Close Shave, English Rose, Razors Edge, Combat 84, Indecent Exposure, Endstufe , Störkraft, K.D.F, Freikorps, Holsteiner Jungs, old Böhse Onkelz, Peggior Amico, Plastic Surgery, Nabat, Hope & Glory, ZZA, Malnatt, Max Resist, Intimidation One, Blue Max, Kommando Skin, Blue Max, Malnatt, Ultima Frontiera, Hassgesang, Legion of St. George, TMF, Troublemakers, Frei.Wild, Civico 88, Orlik, Kratky Proces...
Favourite skinhead band? Hard to say... Everyone in the band has his own point view but I guess Skrewdriver, Endstufe and old Böhse Onkelz are on the top.
About the best skinhead song... too many to mention only one. I especially enjoy Endstufe’s "In die eier", Combat 84’s "Rapist", Skrewdriver’s "Boots & Braces" or "Voice of Britain", Plastic Surgery’s "Rivolta"...
6. Have you had the chance to do many live performances so far? Which one was your favourite?
Til the moment we have played with bands such as Estirpe Imperial (Spain), Brutal Attack (GB), Zetazeroalfa (Italy), Brigada 1238 (Spain), Mas Que Palabras (Spain), Retaguardia (Spain), Territorio Salduba (Spain), Brigada 1238 (Spain), Frakass (France), Kill Baby Kill (Belgium), Blue Max (Germany), Aufbruch (Germany), Non Plus Ultra (Germany), Guarda de Honra (Portugal), Hobbit (Italy), Delendha Cartago (Italy), Testudo (Italy), Kriminal Tango (Italy), Gesta Bellica (Italy), Malnatt (Italy), Hate For Breakfast (Italy), Legittima Offesa (Italy), Post Mortem (Spain)...
A funny incident was when the band (I was not in the line-up) was asked to play in Switzerland with Italian non-political band Prima Linea and some others some years ago... It was a huge concert including many different bands from Punk to Oi! The fact is that the band showed up (heavily drunk by the way...) and after some songs they suddenly started to play Skrewdriver’s "Boots & Braces" and some people from public complained and whined. The organizer and singer from Prima Linea told them not to play that song and the band decided to leave the place... I've got to say that they played with a Spanish flag including a double-headed eagle (a clear nationalist symbol)... The truth is that they really pissed-off many people there!
We really enjoyed the one we played together with Estirpe Imperial in Barcelona in an infamous bikers’ clubhouse, it was a private one to honor a friend… The one with Kill Baby Kill was funny too since it was held in a ruined warehouse with half-roof (a private gig too); KBK were really shocked about it, you know, it was a bit strange!!
The biggest gig we played was in Madrid honoring Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (founder of the 1st Spanish NR party, JONS) together with Territorio Salduba, Brigada 1238 and Zetazeroalfa (during their European tour; check out their DVD): there were about 500 people and we really had a good time…
7. In North America, most of the immigration comes from Africa and the middle East. What is your immigration like?
Well, due to the America discovering and conquering patronized by Spanish Catholic Kings most South American countries speak Spanish (or something similar!) and still keep a bit of Spanish traditions and culture... So, the majority of immigrants here come from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, also many people from Argentina (many of them from Spanish and Italian backgrounds so they are very close to our culture)... anyway, though they speak Spanish and got remains of our culture there are many differences in their way of life and how they behave here, so there are incidents and confrontations due to their lack of education and alcohol ... We’ve got a strong Moroccan immigration which everybody dislike due to its involvement in crime and riots (especially drug-dealing, robbery, rapes...), but there are more of them every day. Also tons of Romanians who right now belong to European Community and aren’t considered immigrants any longer, some of them are involved in crimes too... There are many European citizens living here but we share the same culture and traditions (even religion, for those interested in that issue) and the don’t use to cause any trouble.
We’ve got many Chinese people too into convenience stores... though they don’t use to cause troubles the economic impact on Spanish society is hard since the money they earn here flies to China and doesn’t circulate here any more which result in economic losses. There is a Chinese Mafia which controls them and their activities but police only arrest some of them to keep things on a low profile.
Authorities claim there is no relation between crime and immigration, but the truth is that the majority of people who got into prison these last years are non-European immigrants...
8. What do you know of Canada’s nationalist movements/bands?
Well, we know some organizations (I guess most of them are defunct now) such as the Heritage Front (including former leader George Burdi), Canada First, Canadian Heritage Alliance, Canadian National Front, Blood & Honour, Aryan Guard (but we heard they're just a bunch of Hollywood nazis...) and also the Quebec nationalism (Nouvelle France) and its identity fight against the British supremacy. Being honest, we only know that Quebec people tried to preserve their Catholic religion and culture from British Empire occupation and that there was a short war but finally they were able to keep their identity from absorption...
We know many bands from Oi!-Punk-HC (including the legendary band Gassenhauer -and their song "Drunken Skinhead"-, DOA, SNFU, Vacant Lot -with Griffin who later formed Aryan-, Bitter Grin -I really liked this band-, HammerBoiz, Emergency, The Class Assassins, Jenny Woo -even though she look like a sort of "skingirl popstar"-, Lager Lads, Subway Thugs, Rabblerousers, 12 Pointbuck, The New Breed, Glory Stompers, Sons of Pride, Coup de Masse, Bootprint, Section de Guerre, Legitime Violence... to RAC/Identity Rock (Cross -a very good band-, Rahowa -their 2nd album was great even though it had nothing to do with Oi! or RAC-, Aryan, Stonehammer, Involved Patriots, Vinland Warriors, the great Trouble Makers -one of my fave groups! I consider them a RAC band-, Dernier Guerriere, Prison Bound, Fleurdelix et les affreux Gaulois...).
We also know some Quebec sharp/left wing/commie bands such as The Prowlers, Impact, Street Troopers, Jeunesse Apatride (and its ugly fat singer!), Esclaves Salaries, Shock Troops... but we’re not interested in these scumbags. It’s funny to see most of them wearing such expensive clothes and tattoos and then singing about antiglobalisation, anticapitalism, working class, etc...
9. What does White Pride mean to you guys?
Nothing to do with hate, it means a matter of pride and love for your identity, tradition, culture… nothing more and nothing less. If everyone can be proud of their roots and forefathers or their particular way of life (Black pride, Mexican Brown pride, Gay pride...), why can’t we be proud of what we are?? We’re not racist but proud of being white, a sort of "pride without prejudice" motto... we can be proud of our nation and culture without hating anybody else. We only want to preserve what our forefathers left us and don’t want to be absorbed and diluted into globalization.
10. And what are your future projects?
Play more gigs... Record anything if we can... Meet some nice people around... Have a good time...
11. Anything else to add?
Thanks a lot for the interest in our band... It would be really good to visit Canada and especially Quebec if we can. Maybe one day, who knows?
Take care and keep the good work.
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